Car accident attorneys

Cars have been around for more than a century now. We take it for granted that we have names like ‘automobile’ and ‘car’ to describe these four-wheeled beasts we love so much; they’re the only names we’ve ever known. But, friends, it could have been worse. It could have been so much worse. What started out as a quest to explore the rise and fall of some of America’s original auto manufacturers turned into a realization that, dear God, just about everyone who put an engine on some wheels had a different name for their creation. I mean, it makes sense; I’m sure the cavemen who invented clothing all had a different name for what they were covering their bodies with. It makes sense that cars wouldn’t have always been ‘cars’. See, what we consider our norm today pissed off a lot of people back in the day. In an August 1897 issue, The New York Times reported that “the new mechanical wagon with the awful name … [Read more...] about Before They Were Called Automobiles, Cars Had a Lot of Terrible Names

Mary didn’t know anything was wrong with her old Ford SUV when it was loaded onto a container ship in Europe in mid-2015. But she found out the hard way when it caught fire below deck, taking $45 million worth of other cars with it, causing another $55 million in damage to the vessel and its cargo, and sparking a legal fight between two car companies and the U.S. Department of Justice that remains ongoing. Mary—a U.S. Department of Agriculture employee who was shipping her car to Belgium as part of a relocation—wasn’t aware of the 10 recall notices that went out for the Escape, including two defects that had the potential to start a fire while it was off, according to legal filings and a 2017 summary of an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. In total, the incident caused $100 million in damage, nearly half attributable to junked BMWs, Daimlers and Fords. The fire set off an intense legal dispute over the damage that roped in BMW, Ford … [Read more...] about How One Recalled SUV Destroyed $45 Million In Cars, Burned A Massive Ship, And Sparked A Legal Battle Between Ford And BMW

SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. lawmakers have applied a light touch in regulating robot cars. At the national level, the Trump administration has proclaimed that driverless-car guidelines should be "entirely voluntary" for automakers, and bills pending in Congress would clear the way to putting tens of thousands of autonomous cars on the road — orders of magnitude more than the few hundred in the country today — before federal safety regulations are set. Forty states have passed various rules, with California's being the most well defined, but the pending federal laws would void states' ability to regulate driverless cars. All that may change soon. The industry's first pedestrian fatality, in which a self-driving Uber SUV hit and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Ariz., in March, has focused attention on the nascent industry and its safety rules — or lack thereof. "The one positive thing that may come from Ms. Herzberg's death is that regulators at all levels will start to … [Read more...] about Crashes invite tighter rules for self-driving cars

An online rant by a man whose sister was killed in a car crash in Baltimore went viral this week after he accused Progressive Advanced Insurance Co. of siding with the driver whose car hit his sister's vehicle in June 2010.Matt Fisher's Monday post on tumblr.com sparked international coverage and a barrage of outraged tweets and comments. "If you are insured by Progressive, and they owe you money, they will defend your killer in court in order to not pay you your policy," he wrote.As the online chatter intensified and customers threatened via social media to drop Progressive as their insurer, the company responded on the Internet with condolences to the family and a defense of its handing of the case. The firm also addressed Fisher's statements."To be very clear, Progressive did not serve as the attorney for the defendant in this case," Chris Wolf, claims general manager for Progressive, said in an email Tuesday. "He was defended by his insurance company, Nationwide."The case — a … [Read more...] about Online post about refusal to pay fatal accident claim goes viral

Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Share on Google Plus Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments Post Nation by Eli Rosenberg by Eli Rosenberg Email the author May 3 at 6:44 PM Email the author Video appears to show a Miami police officer kicking a suspect’s head. (Facebook/lisa.harrell.1800) A Miami police officer has been removed from duty after a video Thursday appeared to show him kicking the head of a suspect being handcuffed on the ground. The video was posted to a civilian’s Facebook account … [Read more...] about Miami officer removed from duty after video shows him kicking suspected car thief in the head

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, is reportedly being examined by the FBI, in part because of his time as a New York City taxi business owner. This week, he’s receiving some extra scrutiny over his time an attorney in a new investigative report by Rolling Stone: the outlet found he represented clients in the past who staged car accidents for insurance money. Prior to working for Trump, Cohen hustled as a personal injury lawyer, filing suits “on behalf of people with little means who were seeking compensation for the injuries they suffered in car collisions,” Rolling Stone said. But there was a major issue with some of Cohen’s cases, the news outlet added: Some of the crashes at issue didn’t appear to be accidents at all. A Rolling Stone investigation found that Cohen represented numerous clients who were involved in deliberate, planned car crashes as part of an attempt to cheat insurance companies. Furthermore, … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Lawyer Had Clients Who Staged Car Accidents For Insurance Money: Report

Police say a video from the Uber self-driving car that struck and killed a woman Sunday shows her moving in front of it suddenly, a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.The Uber had a forward-facing video recorder, which showed the woman was walking a bike at about 10 p.m. and moved into traffic from a dark center median. "It's very clear it would have been difficult to avoid this collision in any kind of mode," Sylvia Moir, police chief in Tempe, Arizona, told the San Francisco Chronicle."The driver said it was like a flash, the person walked out in front of them," Moir said, referring to the backup driver who was behind the wheel but not operating the vehicle. "His first alert to the collision was the sound of the collision."The chief's account raises new questions in the investigation that holds importance to the future of the burgeoning autonomous vehicle … [Read more...] about Uber victim stepped suddenly in front of self-driving car

Many used car buyers feel ripped off when their cars break down and the dealer won’t help them out later, despite promises made by the salesman at the time of the sale. When the aggrieved buyer calls an attorney to see what can be done about it, the news is rarely good. Things said by the salesman are almost never binding. Regardless of what they said, in most states, they can get away with it. And this is probably the most important thing you need to know when car shopping at a dealership. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Anyone who has ever shopped for a car at a dealership knows that salespeople can say all kinds of things. “This is a great car.” “This is a one-owner car.” “This is a demo driven by the dealership owner’s wife.” “This car has never been in an accident.” Beyond condition, many sellers feel compelled to make vague promises about the future of the car. “If this car breaks down, you call me and … [Read more...] about You Can Ignore Every Verbal Guarantee from a Car Salesman

The 1970 Daytona 500 was a remarkable race in NASCAR history for a variety of reasons, many of which revolved around the winged cars that showed up to race there. The Dodge Charger Daytonas and Plymouth Superbirds were there in force and helped push the qualifying speeds into the mid-190 MPH range. But before the big show – the 500, which was won by Pete Hamilton in a Superbird – one of the qualifying races was marred by a fatal accident. And the big race had a spectacular crash of another winged car. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below In the second qualifying race, a rookie named Tab Prince crashed his Daytona. It was his first-ever NASCAR start and when his car spun out, he was broadsided by Bill Seifert. Everyone agreed there was nothing Seifert could have done to avoid the collision but he still felt terrible about it. “I couldn’t see a thing. There was smoke everywhere. There appeared to be fire ahead; I could see it through the smoke. I knew I was … [Read more...] about How Mopar Engineers Kept Wings Attached to Superbirds and Daytonas After a Freak Accident

Buyers of bad cars often call me, asking if there might be some loophole they can climb through to get out of their purchase. Is it possible they can “undo” a purchase agreement? Sometimes, they wonder if perhaps they can argue that there was no binding agreement in the first place. At what point does the buyer of a car go from “shopping” to “owning” the car? Advertisement - Continue Reading Below I’ve heard from buyers–or shoppers–who hoped they could back out of a deal because they had not furnished the down payment yet, even though they had signed a purchase agreement. Or, who hoped they could back out of a car purchase because their inspection revealed the car was defective–a few days after they took delivery and got the car home.Some callers were dealing with car dealers and some were dealing with individuals. While the paperwork in these transactions was often different, the legal theories covering them remained the … [Read more...] about Can You Return a Car To the Seller After You Buy It?